daisymay1960 Posted June 18, 2014 #1 Share Posted June 18, 2014 We will be on a southbound Alaska Cruise on the Millenium in August and realised we dont know what ports ( if any ) are tendered . My booking details dont mention any tendering , and it has just occured to me that this wont necessarily mean that there arent any ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Cruiser 6143 Posted June 18, 2014 #2 Share Posted June 18, 2014 We will be on a southbound Alaska Cruise on the Millenium in August and realised we dont know what ports ( if any ) are tendered . My booking details dont mention any tendering , and it has just occured to me that this wont necessarily mean that there arent any ! If you're booked, go and look at your itinerary. It will specify either docked or tender for each port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisymay1960 Posted June 18, 2014 Author #3 Share Posted June 18, 2014 If you're booked, go and look at your itinerary. It will specify either docked or tender for each port. I've checked the itinerary and it gave the ports but no mention docked of tendered, I will go and look again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCruisers Posted June 18, 2014 #4 Share Posted June 18, 2014 If you'll list your ports of call here, someone will be able to tell you if they are tender ports or not. LuLu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisymay1960 Posted June 18, 2014 Author #5 Share Posted June 18, 2014 If you'll list your ports of call here, someone will be able to tell you if they are tender ports or not.LuLu I went to check and site under maintenance:rolleyes: I'm trying to remember ports, but brain dead at the moment Icey straight ? Ketchikan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Aurora Posted June 18, 2014 #6 Share Posted June 18, 2014 If you'll list your ports of call here, someone will be able to tell you if they are tender ports or not.LuLu Icy Strait Point (Hoonah) will definitely be a tender port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olemissreb Posted June 18, 2014 #7 Share Posted June 18, 2014 We did this cruise last year and the only port that was a tender port was Icy Strait Point. Tendering was easy though and not a long wait either heading to land or back to the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogs Posted June 18, 2014 #8 Share Posted June 18, 2014 (edited) If you're booked, go and look at your itinerary. It will specify either docked or tender for each port. There is no need to visit the Celebrity we site. You should have received a booking confirmation via email with the details of your booking. This will include the reservation number, the dates, the price, what has been paid, and what is owed. It will list all dates with the port being visited, the times of arrival and departure, or if a sea day. It will say "Docked" or "Tender" for each port being visited. Edited June 18, 2014 by boogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballard67 Posted June 18, 2014 #9 Share Posted June 18, 2014 So we are new to cruising, tendering??, Dock??. So the difference?, I would love to hear any ones thoughts?. I apologize to the OP, but this has been a wonder to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogs Posted June 18, 2014 #10 Share Posted June 18, 2014 (edited) So we are new to cruising, tendering??, Dock??. So the difference?, I would love to hear any ones thoughts?. I apologize to the OP, but this has been a wonder to me. Docking is when the ship pulls up to a pier and you walk straight off the ship via a gangway and onto land or transportation. Tendering is when the ship anchors out in the bay or harbor and you reach the docks by small transfer boats. Often, these will be specialized life boats that double as tenders. Or, at ports the see many ships during the cruising season, they may have their own fleet of small boats that will come out to the ship to transfer passengers to shore. A temporary platform is attached to the side of the ship at a convenient doorway in the side of the ship and it is used as the ship's loading dock. Edited June 18, 2014 by boogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleckle Posted June 18, 2014 #11 Share Posted June 18, 2014 We did this cruise last year and the only port that was a tender port was Icy Strait Point. Tendering was easy though and not a long wait either heading to land or back to the ship. The same for the Millennium this year.It docks at all the other Alaska ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleckle Posted June 18, 2014 #12 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Just wanted to add for anyone going on the Millennium this summer, don't miss Jocka and Maria. They are the best aerialists we have ever seen on a cruise ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky-elpaso Posted June 18, 2014 #13 Share Posted June 18, 2014 So we are new to cruising, tendering??, Dock??. So the difference?, I would love to hear any ones thoughts?. I apologize to the OP, but this has been a wonder to me. Tenders are the larger lifeboats. This is RCL but they're all pretty much the same. In most cases you go down a stairway to a platform to board the tender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisymay1960 Posted June 19, 2014 Author #14 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Thanks for the replies , I had wondered if icy point was because we have picked a very early tour and had been reading that cruise booked tours get priority tendering . But guess the tour companies are well aware of cruise ship protocol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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